Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 January 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency

Mr. John Coleman:

That is no problem. We have a current staff of in and around 130. I use the phrase "in and around" because the number growing every day. We have staff joining us every week. This is in line with the growing impact and trajectory of the LDA. We intend to get to around 300. We have a staffing plan for the LDA and we intend to get to in the region of 300 by around the end of 2025. Where that is being driven is we did a bottom-up exercise where we projected forward the level of sites that we would have under direct delivery and the level of sites we would have under Project Tosaigh as well. Do not forget that with Project Tosaigh, given that we are in receipt of State payments, there is a much greater involvement of the LDA in monitoring the delivery of those sites.